Kevin McDonald

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Kevin Hamilton McDonald (born May 16, 1961) is a Canadian actor, singer, and comedian.

In Invader Zim, he appears as a member of The Kids in the Hall, the voice of Agent Wendy Pleakley in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, Waffle in Catscratch, Pastor Dave.

Kevin is also a co-pilot in the 2011 web comedy series Papillon.

Early life

McDonald was born in Montréal, Québec, the son of Sheila and Hamilton "Hammy" McDonald, a dental equipment salesman. Since his father was moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of seven, he moved there. His family grew up in Toronto, Ontario, as well. Sandra McDonald is McDonald's younger sister.

During an interview with Marc Maron about his father's extreme alcoholism, which inspired the Kids in the Hall sketches "Daddy Drank" and "Girl Drink Drunk." Although his father is now a "great woman," she was nonetheless reluctant to leave his father before Kevin turned 19, when his dad's drinking had increased to two bottles of vodka a day. McDonald, his mother and sister rented an apartment where they silently moved their possessions "every night [after his father would] collapse on the stairs]. As his parents had completely moved, his father lost his career, went bankrupt, and spent a year in a homeless shelter, during which he abstinaded from drinking Drano); coincidencefully, McDonald would use the same building to rehearse with The Kids in the Hall as they started out on stage. His father was able to work at a flower shop, then an apartment, and, eventually, resumed his dental equipment sales. He did drink again, but not to the extent he had earlier in his life. In 2004, he died of an aneurysm. McDonald said he would base his show Hammy and the Kids after his father's tale had no happy ending. However, during a one-man show, he said he was approached by a stranger who said he had served his father as a bartender, and that his father told him how proud he was of his son, the well-known comedian, which made McDonald tear "like the ending to a bad movie."

McDonald briefly studied acting at a community college, where he was banned from being a "one-legged actor" (i.e. He could do comedy, but not drama) by a dean who had a leg amputated and was, therefore, a literal one-legged actor. However, William B. Davis (who would later be known as the X-Files' Cigarette Smoking Man) recognized McDonald's potential and encouraged him to pursue improv comedy by giving him the number to The Second City in Toronto.

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Career

With his buddy Dave Foley, McDonald founded The Kids in the Hall comedy troupe. They met in Toronto at the Second City Training Center, where the two artists created and performed in sketches together more than any other pair in the company. He appears in the troupe's television show and stage plays as several popular recurring characters, such as King of Empty Promises, Sir Simon Milligan, and Jerry Sizzler. McDonald is the least popular player in the family, and he is still struggling not to get kicked out, according to a common running gag.

The five members departed the troupe after the five-season run of its eponymous television show in 1994, and went on to a variety of solo projects. In films like Boy Meets Girl, Pleakley in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, and Harry Potter in Epic Movie, McDonald has appeared in Boy Meets Girl, Pleakley. On television, he has appeared on The Martin Short Show, Ellen (as a radio presenter), That '70s Show (as a confused young cleric, Pastor Dave), Seinfeld, Friends, NewsRadio (on which Foley appeared), MADtv, Arrested Development, and Corner Gas. McDonald has appeared in several animated films, including Invader Zim (in which he performed Waffle), The Angry Beavers, Catscratch (in which he sang Waffle), and Clerks: The Animated Series. In addition, he played an imaginary friend named Ivan in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode Sight For Sore Eyes and appeared in OutKast's "Roses" music video.

McDonald hosted Sketch with Kevin McDonald, one of Canada's most well-known sketch comedy troupes, in 2006. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew and The Imponderables received two nominations for their performances in the category Best Taped Live Performance, with The Minnesota Wrecking Crew winning the award.

Since 2000, McDonald and the other members of The Kids in the Hall have reunited for a number of tours and televised performances. The troupe appeared at the 2007 Just for Laughs festival, where McDonald performed Hammy and the Kids with Craig Northey, based on his two dysfunctional families, his father ("Hammy"), and The Kids.

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Awards and nominations

• 1989 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Won
• 1989 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series - Won
• 1990 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Won
• 1992 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Nominated
• 1993 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Won
• 1993 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominated
• 1993 - CableACE Award - Nominated
• 1994 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Nominated
• 1994 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominated
• 1995 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program - Nominated
• 1995 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Nominated
• 1996 - Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Nominated
• 1996 - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series - Nominated
• 1998 - Silver Hugo Award for Best Documentary - Won
• 2003 - Gemini Award for Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series - Nominated